Werge Thomas Collection: Views of Delhi illustrating incidents of the Indian Mutiny.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 10 loose prints, most mounted on card, captioned in ink on the mounts. Print 1 is the work of Felice Beato. Prints 2-6, showing locations in Delhi associated with the Mutiny, appear to have been taken shortly after the event by an unidentified photographer. Prints 7-9 are miscellan...
Werge Thomas Collection:Photographs of the Nicholson family and their homes.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 37 loose prints, the majority carte-de-visite portraits, the majority captioned, some with extensive notes. The collection comprises a series of views of various Irish houses of the Nicholson family and portraits of its various members. The material can broken down as follows: Pri...
Werge Thomas Collection: Portraits of General James Abbott and of Saleh Muhammad and his son.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 7 prints (several duplicates). The collection comprises four portraits of General Sir James Abbott (1807-1896) in old age and three copies of a portrait of Saleh Muhammad and his son. A note on the reverse of one copy of the portraits of Saleh Muhammad reads 'Saleh Muhammad (who sa...
Werge Thomas Collection: Reproductions of photographs, sketches and paintings of Indian scenes
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A miscellaneous collection of photographic reproductions of portraits and Indian paintings. There is also an original watercolour of mountain scenery and a pencil sketch by Evelyn Werge Thomas of the Fort at Attock, copied from Lady Emma Edwardes' 'Memorials of the Life and Letters of Sir Herber...
Werge Thomas Collection: Postcard album of Irish views.
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Red cloth-bound postcard album with decorative cover, measuring 203x275mm, containing 70 coloured and black-and-white postcards inserted in corner slips. The postcards are all of Irish scenes, with the following locations illustrated: Delgany, Giant's Causeway, Portstewart, Glenariffe, Ballycast...
Werge Thomas Collection: Miscellaneous and unidentified photographs and sketches.
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A miscellaneous collection of 55 prints and postcards (plus two watercolour sketches), mainly unidentified, but presumably collected by Evelyn Werge Thomas in relation to her proposed biographies of Brigadier-General John Nicholson and General Sir James Abbott. The collection comprises the follo...